Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sky Burial! Of course. I should have thought of that. I have to say, for a person grow up with Chinese sensibilities, it's a concept hard to swallow :-) On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:15 PM, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> wrote: > Richard, > > Thanks for looking! > > You are correct, Pema Gyalpo, is sitting on a tiger skin. Not a god, he is > a person, Padmasambhava, who in this thangka is manifesting as Pema Gylapo. > > In http://thangkas.csd.net/dorjetrollo.html Padmasambhava is manifesting > as Dorje Trollo and riding a tiger. > > Impermanance: once-living human, now corpse is being eaten by a jackal and > white eagle; Tibetans would be familiar with the sight. Sky burial: > > http://mbvtravel.com/burials-in-tibet-not-for-sensitive-souls > http://boon-tibet05.blogspot.com/2007/11/langmusi-gansu.html > > As Pema Gyalpo, Padmasambhava was banished from the palace for killing a > minister's wife and daughter, maybe a accident, but he was more precise > than > that. Having no place to live, he went to live in the most unlivable > place, > a charnel ground. > > I think that the furry beast is a yak. > > Best, > > John > > > On 10/13/2010 1:35 AM, Richard Man wrote: > >> Is the person/god on the right sitting on a tiger skin? And what's story >> of >> the dismembered person on the bottom? A demon? And what kind of beast is >> overlooking her? >> >> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:09 PM, John Nebel<john.nebel at csdco.com> >> wrote: >> >> http://thangkas.csd.net/pemagyalpo.html >>> >>> clickable for detail >>> >>> C&C welcome >>> >>> John >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]